Blaine Township

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Blaine Township office hours Mondays & Thursdays 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm. Meetings held on 2nd Thursday of each month at 5:00 pm.

Chairman Moore called the meeting to order at the Township building on April 20, 2021 at 5:46 pm.  The meeting was closed to the public due to the National Security Mandate Orders of the Governor and the CDC.  Resident were instructed to call in at specific times to discuss their issues on speakerphone. 

Attendance roll call of all members of the board were taken:

Supervisor Logsdon                   Present

Supervisor Moore                     Present

Supervisor Sochor                     Present

Solicitor Makel                          Present

Secretary/Treasurer Lois Miller Present 

Pledge of Allegiance

Motion to approve the agenda items as submitted

Motion made by Supervisor Moore

Motion second by Supervisor Logsdon

Roll Call Vote:

Supervisor Logsdon       Yes

Supervisor Moore         Yes

Supervisor Sochor         Yes

Motion passed

Public Comment: Debbie Wolbert called to request Scott Bernett who is running for District Justice to be able to introduce himself to the Supervisors. Scott Bernett will call at 6:30.

Sean Mazurek, Range Land Agent, was at the meeting to get the Supervisors’ signature for a gas lease. The original had the wrong parcel number and page number.  He notarized the document and gave the Supervisors a dollar.

Motion to approve the regular meeting minutes of March 16, 2021.

Motion made by Supervisor Moore

Motion second by Supervisor Logsdon

Roll Call Vote:

Supervisor Logsdon       Yes

Supervisor Moore         Yes

Supervisor Sochor         Yes

Motion passed

Motion to approval of pending bills on Treasurer’s Financial Report, General Funds, Liquid Fuels, Street Light & Payroll

Motion made by Supervisor Moore

Motion second by Supervisor Logsdon

Roll Call Vote:

Supervisor Logsdon       Yes

Supervisor Moore         Yes

Supervisor Sochor         Yes

Motion passed

New Business

Mark Turnley, CPA will be here Wednesday, April 21st  at 8:00 am to begin his audit.

Motion to approve the agenda items as submitted

Motion made by Supervisor Moore

Motion second by Supervisor Logsdon

Roll Call Vote:

Supervisor Logsdon       Yes

Supervisor Moore         Yes

Supervisor Sochor         Yes

Motion passed

Motion to open another bank account with First Federal of Greene County for the American Rescue Plan, half of the amount will be paid on June 2021 and the other half will be paid on June 2022.

Motion made by Supervisor Moore

Motion second by Supervisor Logsdon

Roll Call Vote:

Supervisor Logsdon       Yes

Supervisor Moore         Yes

Supervisor Sochor         Yes

Motion passed

Motion to approve the rental of the Pavilion to theTaylorstown Presbyterian Church for a car show on June 27, 2021. Since they are a nonprofit they will not be charged. We will still need them to fill out an agreement

Motion made by Supervisor Moore

Motion second by Supervisor Logsdon

Roll Call Vote:

Supervisor Logsdon       Yes

Supervisor Moore         Yes

Supervisor Sochor         Yes

Motion passed

Motion to approve the rental of pavilion with an alcohol permit on Saturday, June 26, 2021 to Tiffany McDonough.  Agreed the alcohol permit will be a $50.00 nonrefundable fee.

Motion made by Supervisor Moore

Motion second by Supervisor Logsdon

Roll Call Vote:

Supervisor Logsdon       Yes

Supervisor Moore         Yes

Supervisor Sochor         Yes

Motion passed

Motion to amend our Pavilion Rental Agreement and Alcohol Permit

Motion made by Supervisor Moore

Motion second by Supervisor Logsdon

Roll Call Vote:

Supervisor Logsdon       Yes

Supervisor Moore         Yes

Supervisor Sochor         Yes

Motion passed

Scott Bernett who is running for District Magistrate called and was placed on speaker phone to introduce himself to the Supervisors

Update on the Garden Tractor Pull track at the Blaine Township Pavilion. They are in the process of being incorporated. They will build the track. It would be up to the Supervisors to figure out where they would put the track. Garden Tractor Pull Club will provide the insurance.

Old Business

Solicitor Makel submitted for review job descriptions for Secretary/Treasurer, Road Crew, and Road Superintendent /Roadmaster

Road Report

Received a lot of questions about the Iron Bridge being closed.

Ten Mile is working on Walker Hill.

Ten Mile is to sweep and vac the roads on Thursday, April 22nd.  Letters were put out to notify residents.

We will order a handicap porta john for the park to be delivered.

Solicitor’s Report

Taylorstown Softball League leaders came to the meeting. Solicitor Makel had drawn up an agreement between Blaine Township and them.  Mr. Lowry the President of the League was in attendance.  They have an exclusive agreement with Blaine Township for the ballfields.  The Taylorstown Softball League would like the agreement for five years.  They will pay $750.00 per field (2 fields) and $250.00 for the alcohol permit. Blaine Twp will mow and they will weed wack the ballfields.  Blaine Twp pays for a dumpster for the ballfields.  Taylorstown Softball League will be ordering and paying for the two porta Johns for the ballfields

Solicitor Makel will amend the agreement and send it by email to Mr. Lowry.

Motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:00 pm

Motion made by Supervisor Moore

Motion second by Supervisor Logsdon

Roll Call Vote:

Supervisor Logsdon       Yes

Supervisor Moore         Yes

Supervisor Sochor         Yes

Motion passed

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Lois Miller Secretary / Treasurer